Over 4000 applicants across the 16 Local Government Areas of Taraba State have submitted their application for employment into the State Secondary Health Care System.
The State Commissioner for Information and Re-orientation, Barrister Zainab Usman Jalingo, in a statement, however, said government approved only 550 slots for the recruitment of health personnel.
She says those being recruited were nurses and medical records officers and were selected out of the over 4000 applications.
According to the statement, the personnel would be deployed across the 16 Local Government Areas to address staffing gaps in underserved communities.
“The approval comprises 400 Nurses and 150 Medical Records Officers, as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen healthcare delivery across the State following the restructuring of secondary health facilities and the procurement of modern medical equipment by the present administration of Gov Kefas Agbu.
“The recruitment exercise is being implemented under the Taraba State Health Service Management Board and is currently ongoing following a public advertisement that attracted over 4,000 applications from qualified candidates across the 16 Local Government Areas of the State.
“The screening and interview process is being conducted in line with the principles of transparency, merit, fairness, and equal opportunity, ensuring that only qualified candidates are selected to strengthen service delivery in the health sector.
“Successful candidates will be deployed across secondary health facilities in the State based on identified manpower needs. This deployment structure is designed to address staffing gaps, improve efficiency in service delivery, and enhance access to quality healthcare, particularly in underserved communities.
“The initiative forms part of the commitment of the State Government to reposition the health sector through strategic human resource development, infrastructure upgrades, and sustained investment in modern medical equipment,” the statement reads.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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